The U of MN in St Paul will save a fair amount of money with one smart move. They have a HUGE, north-facing staircase leading to a basement that is probably 45 feet wide. They reduced that for winter to about 15 feet still allowing plenty of space to get up and down...

Snow & Ice Management specifications vary widely from company to company and property manager to property manager. I’ve had the opportunity to see a lot of specs through my career and have had issues with them from both the property management and the vendor...

Episode 6 – Learn how to dramatically reduce your winter salt use. A conversations with Charles Glossop. We have an extraordinary guest today with us on the podcast. Mr. Charles Glossop, owner of Hantho Farms and international consultant on snow removal, joins...

Episode 5 – Why should you care about salt use on your properties? Today’s podcast is a wonderful conversation with Connie Fortin of Fortin Consulting. Connie’s company does a lot of work educating and advocating on the best use of deicing salts for...

Episode 3 – Of El Niño and Winter Weather Coming from a landscape and snow removal background, I got a lot of questions every year on what the prognosticators think we will get for snowfall and temperatures this winter. Well, we went to the expert. Having a...

JANUARY RECAP SNOW The 2014/15 snow season continues through January with very little snow. We officially received a paltry 5.4″ at MSP Airport in the month the month of January. DROUGHT The drought monitoring folks are starting to get nervous about our lack of...